Carrying rack for automobile curtains



J. HERRMANN. CARRYING RACK FOR AUTOMOBILE CURTAINS.

AFPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 192].

Patented June 27, 1922.

- JOSEPH Hammad" I5EHTOR a? i f'RA- MAI\M H wH HTTORNEY ing is aspecification.

JOSEPH, rrnaiiivmim, or BUFFALO, NEW" YoRK.

CARRYING- RACK FOR AUTOMOBILE ourvrer irs.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that Josnrrr I'IERRMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, hasinvented certain newand useful Improvements'in Carrying Racks forAutomobile Curtains, of which the follow- This invention relates toimprovements in carrying racks for automobile curtains.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simply constructedand'durable rack of permanent form which may be readily attached toanyconvenient-supporting partof the top or body structure of theautomobile, which may be manipulated with facility to provide for theinsertion or re moval of the curtains, and which will hold the curtainssecurely, accessibly and with advantages in point of compactness and theelimination of destructive folds and creases.

With the above objects in view the invention consists of certain novelfeatures of structure and combination which willbe set forth in detailas the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings where- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rack of preferredconstruction, and

Figures 2 and 3 are cross sectional views, Figure 2 showing therackcl'osed and Figure 3 showing it open.

The improved rack isof skeleton cylindrical form and comprises bars orslats 1 which are provided in suitable number and are arranged atsuitable intervals apart and circular bands 2 by which said bars arecarried and serially connected, the bands 2 being located near the endsof the rack, and maintaining the bars 1 in the corresponding circulararrangement which determines the cylindrical form of the rack.

The bands 2 are of split construction and their terminals are formed forconnecting engagement with one another. In the construction preferredone terminal of each band 2 is provided with hooks 3 and the otherterminal is provided with an eye at through which the hooks 3 may beengaged. The bands 2 are sufficiently stiff to maintain their circularor generally circular outline permanently but aresuflic-iently'resilient to enable their ends to be sprung apart when thefastening devices 3 and 4: have been disengaged. In the construction 7Specification of Letters Patent. PafinfedhJune 27, r

.applicationfiled September 14,1923 Serial No. 500,558., I i i bars 1preferably comprise loops 5 alternat- I 1 ing with the twisted portionsof the bands. The loops 5 encircle the .bars' 1 and also se'-- curely'engage them" with strong-frictional A 7 pressure, beingpreferably'embedded to a slight extent in thematerialof the bars.

The stifiness ofthe bands2 is suelrtha't the rack may be supported, thatis to say suspended in a horizontal position, by means of one of itsbars 1, selected as the circumstances of use may require and attached byscrews to any suitable part of the fram-- ing or body. As attached tothe supporting part, c. g. one of the bows or side bars of the topframe, the portion of the rack which may be opened up is presented atthe front of the rack where the fastening parts 3 and 4 are readilyaccessible and the curtain may be inserted or removed with facility. Ifa bar near the upper side of the rack, for'example the barfrom which thefastening parts 3 or 4, as the case may be, project, beiused for thepurpose of attachment it may be desirable to' augment the stiffness ofthe adjacent portions of' the bands and for this purpose an extra strandof wire 6 may be incorporated with each band and arranged'to lieadjacent the outer sides of the loops 5 with its ends coiled about orsuitably articulated with the adjacenttwisted portions of the band.

The curtain or curtains to be carried in The roll of curtains thusinserted in the rack will be engaged frictionally and se-- curely heldin place by all of the bars 1, such frictional engagement being theexpanding tendenc of the roll.

aided by The rack takes up llttle Space in the car,

requires no supporting means other than one of its frame bars, is alwaysaccessible for the insertion or removal of the curtains, permits of suchinsertion or removal in a few moments and with little effort and holdsthe curtains in the form of a roll with resultant advantages incompactness and the elimination of destructive creases. Moreover therack, while resilient, has the advantage of permanence of form'and asattached to a supporting part of the frame or body will be immovable,regardless of the swaying or vibration of the car.

, Having fully described my invention I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture a curtain carrying rack of skeletonpermanently cylindrical form comprising a series of spaced parallellongitudinal bars and split circular bands serially connecting the bars,said bands being of substantially annular form with their ends normallyunsecured and being composed of relatively stifi but resilient material,each band being provided with c'o-operating terminal fastening parts andone of said bars serving for the attachment of the rack to a supportingpart.

2. As a new article of manufacture a curtain carrying rack of skeletonpermanently cylindrical form comprising a series of spaced parallellongitudinal bars and split circular bands serially connecting the bars,said bands being of substantially annular form with their ends normallyunsecured and being composed of twisted wire, where-. by said bands arerelatively stiff but resilient, said bands having loops alternating withthe twisted portions of the wire, the loops encircling and frictionallyengaging the bars each band being provided with co-operating terminalfastening parts and one of the bars serving for the attachment of therack to a supporting part.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- JOSEPH HERB-MANN.

